Faucet



FUCE?.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 3, 1920. 1,365,369, Patented Jan. 11,1921.

Imi.; l.

'E QE'.

INVENTOR ZZ'ZZOW/ 3. @Off/G.

ATTORNEYS I; en

= out as at 5 to form a valve chamber.

UNITEDv STATES PATFLNT LILLONB. BOYCE, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

FAUCET.

Application filed May 3,

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LiLLoN B. Boron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensively constructed faucet of the type in which the valve is held closed by water pressure and the object of my invention is to eliminate some of the cost of casting, molding and bufng faucets of this type by simplifying the structure and enabling bar metal or tubing to be used.

More specifically, the invention resides in those novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a faucet embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, the parts being in the position they assume when the faucet is open.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the parts in the closedposition.

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the faucet body with the valve parts removed.

Fig. 5 is a. vertical section showing a slight modification of the structure.

In the drawing, in which like numerals indicate like parts in all of the ligures. 1

represents the body which is composed of a section of rod or tubing. Then composed of a section of rod, the body is bored to form a longitudinal passage 2 for the valve stem 8 and is counterbored from one end as at 6 to form a socket to receive the knob piston or push plug 9 which is screwed onto the valve stem 8. The body 1 is also counterbored from lthe opposite end to form a water passage 3 and is additionally counterbored at 4 and tapped to receive the supply water pipe 14, a portion being turried he body 1 is also bored and tapped at 7 at right angles to the counterbore 3 to form the outlet in which the discharge nozzle section 15 is secured.

The valve parts include a leather or other Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

1926. Serial No. 378,560.

It will be observed that the bore 7 is of such diameter that the area of the passage of the discharge nozzle 15 is preferably equal or greater than the area of the counterbore 3 surrounding the stem 8, so as to reduce the pressure in the passage 13 to the extent that the water will not be forced through the passages 2 and 6, it being understood that the stem 8 lits the passage 2 with a snug working fit and the piston part of the knob 9 also fits the counterbore (3 wi th a snug working fit.

lV hen the parts are assembled, they are as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When pressure is not applied to the knob 9 the water pres-- sure against the adjacent end of the valve will seat the valve, as shown in Fig. 3, but when pressure is applied to the knob 9 to overcome the water pressure, the valve is unseated, as shown in Fig. 2, and the water is free to flow out.

lVhen the faucet is made of tubing, it should, of course, be understood that the bores 2 and 3 are formed in the insert plug` 16 (see Fig. 5) which plug` is welded, brazed, or otherwise secured in the tubing body.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is thought the complete construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

llVhat l claim is:

1. A faucet comprising a rod-like body having a passage through the same, said passage comprising a valve stem guide pasV sage, a push plug socket, a water passage, a valve chamber and a tapped bore to receive c a water supply pipe. e discharge bore conn municating with said water passage. a dis-- charge nozzle screwed into said discl'iarge bore and a valve mechanism comprising a stem, a push plug and a valve proper, said valve Vchamber having inclined end walls and said valve proper including a coniform member on the pressure side opposite the inclined wall of the valve chamber at the pressure end, substantially as shown and described.

2. A. faucet comprising a rod-like body having a valve stem bore, a eounterbore at one end, a counteiboie et the opposite end threaded to receive the wete-i' Supply pipe, a Valve chamber and e Water passzwe bore together With an outlet bore tapped to receive an outlet nozzle, e valve stein operating` in the stein bore, a push plug having 2L piston portion to operate in the iist mentioned countci'boi'c, and e valve comprising; :L metallic Washer, e iexible Washei', i second metallic Washer and a. screw for holding seid Washers on the end of the valve stern,

said second metallicV Washer comprising a coniform body and seid vulve chamber hay ing inclined end Walls7 the end Wells et the pressure side being opposed to the conifoim surface of the second metallic Washer and the inclined Well at the relief side of the pressure churnbei1 constituting the Valve seat, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

LILLON B. BOYCE. 

